Director of Operations - Women's, Children's & Specialist Services
NHS AfC: Band 8c
Be part of our future landscape
At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people’s age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
Increasing our diversity and supporting our organisation to be more inclusive is a key priority here at Airedale and our teams are at the centre of how we work towards this.
We appreciate all people may have diverse and individual needs and we pride ourselves on supporting all people to thrive and flourish at work. We have frameworks in place that support reasonable adjustments and flexible working for colleagues throughout their working lives which starts at recruitment.
These are exciting times for Airedale. We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2030. By joining us now you’ll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come. We are also on the journey to a new electronic patient record, part of our wider ambition for our digital future – a future that builds on our significant telemedicine and digital care success. Ultimately, what makes Airedale special is our people. Not just our staff, but our volunteers, patients, visitors, and wider population who make up the Airedale family. This is a Trust that sits at the heart of our community, and our communities are very proud of their Trust.
Job overview
The Director of Operations is a key part of the divisional senior leadership team, working closely with the Divisional Director and Divisional Director of Nursing.
Working with the Divisional Director and based upon the Trust's overall strategic vision and accountability framework, the Director of Operations will drive the Division’s strategy and oversee sound systems of governance and performance with support from the Deputy Chief Operating Officer.
Please note the provisional date for interview will be Friday 25th April 2025, however this is subject to change.
Main duties of the job
The key responsibilities of the Director of Operations are:
* Strategically leading the Trust's development of services with partner organisations in line with the Trust strategy.
* Assuring high quality care and compliance with associated standards.
* Meeting contractual and national performance requirements.
* Managing resources efficiently and within budget.
* Proactively monitoring and managing risk within an explicit framework of clinical and quality governance.
* Promoting a positive organisational culture which supports and develops staff and protects patients.
* Contributing to the longer-term strategic planning, risk management and sustainability of the Trust and its services.
* Proactively managing the relationships with commissioners and partners including those at Place, and in the Integrated Care System.
Working for our organisation
We are delighted to offer a wide range of benefits to employees including:
* Cycle to Work
* Travel Scheme
* Childcare Vouchers with Salary Sacrifice
* Onsite Nursery
* Buying and Selling Annual Leave
* Car Leasing
* Employee Assistance Programme
* Employee Health and Wellbeing
* Extensive Reward Scheme
* Counselling Service
* Financial packages including Vivup and Wagestream
* Staff Networks: Enable, Rainbow, Gender, Race Equality, Eco-aware & Admin Network.
Our values:
* Committed to Quality of Care
* Compassion
* Working together for patients
* Improving Lives
* Everyone Counts
* Respect and Dignity
Got questions before you apply? Please contact the recruiting manager to find out more.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information and full details of the role please see attached the job description and person specification.
Person specification
Experience
* Proven managerial and leadership experience at a senior level within the NHS.
* Significant experience of leading and managing multidisciplinary teams, including conflict resolution.
* Experience of planning and managing risk.
* Experience of strategic thinking and planning.
* Significant experience of budgetary management (with evidence of control).
* A track record of leadership, performance improvement and organisational change.
* Experience of working in a fast-moving and unpredictable environment.
* Experience of developing new services.
* Experience of engaging at Board level, using motivational and persuasive skills, to gain and maintain “buy-in” to changes.
Qualifications
* Master’s Degree or equivalent experience.
* Evidence of continuing professional development through short courses or postgraduate training.
Knowledge
* Highly developed interpersonal, communication, negotiation, persuasive and facilitation skills.
* High level understanding of NHS policy and national priorities.
* Able to deliver to tight timescales with competing priorities.
* Knowledge and understanding of workforce planning, high level performance indicators, business planning cycles, the NHS plan and related priorities, and Corporate Governance.
* Well-developed political awareness, influencing, negotiation and conflict resolution skills.
* Ability to identify, develop, nurture and promote innovative approaches to service development, having a transformational leadership style which promotes wide support.
* Well-developed delegation, people and workload management skills.
* Ability to develop an inclusive, team-based approach to problem solving and decision-making.
* Demonstrate willingness and ability to challenge existing practice.
* Ability to understand and effectively apply project management methodologies.
* Analytical skills.
We are happy to discuss flexible working opportunities.
NOTE: This vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient suitable applications are received.
If you are offered a position which requires you to undertake a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, Airedale NHS Foundation Trust will administer the DBS check on your behalf and will recover the cost (Enhanced £54.40, Standard or Basic £26.40) from your first full month's salary. This is a condition of your employment.
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The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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